Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe05:03 PM • July 24 2026 IDTWhen Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed last September to make Israel independent of foreign supplies of arms and ammunition, to turn itself in to what he called a "super-Sparta," he elicited a hue and cry that forced him to make a rhetorical retreat (although, as it later emerged, not a practical one – Israel's arms industry is growing by leaps and bounds). In the NewsNetanyahu Vows to Turn Israel Into an AI Superpower, but Can He?After October 7, Many Wrote Off the DSA. Then It Started WinningIDF Readies for Sweeping West Bank Operation After Deadly Clashes Near NablusIran Rejects Reported Trump Truce as U.S. Completes 13th Night of StrikesTwo Israelis, Four Palestinians Killed in Shooting After West Bank Clashes EruptRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryAs Ground Invasion Looms, U.S. and Iran Want Wild-card Israel Out of the FightThe Original Ozempic Society of Ancient RomeBetween Messi and Milei: How Argentina Became Israel's Team at the World Cup'Choose Hope': Natalie Portman Backs Arab-Jewish Party Ahead of Israeli ElectionHélène Cixous: 'I Accept Israel's Existence, but I Don't Identify With It'